Israel hits Beirut after rockets fired from south

Israel made good on its threat Friday to strike Beirut after rockets were fired towards its territory, rattling an already fragile truce in Lebanon that has largely ended more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah.

- Reuters

Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam called the Beirut strike “a dangerous escalation” and French President Emmanuel Macron said it violated the truce.

It was the second time rockets had been launched at Israel from Lebanon since the November ceasefire — the first was last Saturday — and the second time Iran-backed Hezbollah denied involvement.

After the rocket attack, Israeli Defence Minister Yaakov Katz said: “If there is no quiet in Kiryat Shmona and the Galilee communities, there will be no quiet in Beirut either.”